Craig Snapp, our Google Earth/Maps Wizard, is not only an amateur mapping geek, he’s also a serious hobby photographer. He recommends the affordable ($70-$100) Photoshop Elements 2018 program for beginning or intermediate photographers that want to get more serious about editing and organizing their image files.

The program features a built-in Organizer and Quick, Guided and Expert tabs for editing. The Help tab also leads directly to an extensive library of friendly online video tutorials.

Craig will be giving an overview and demonstrating some of the major features of this downloadable, friendly and powerful program.

Panel Discussion: Three Generations of Women in Science Thursday December 14, 1:30 Pm

Posted by Michael Gorzka on December 11th, 2017

Panel discussion of three women in Science and Mathematics.

Elaine Robbins, the first woman to attend Tufts’ nuclear physics program in the 1940s, and Jen Taback, professor of mathematics at Bowdoin College, will be joined by two Bowdoin science/math students to discuss their experiences as women in science and math.

Day & Time: Thursday December 14, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Location: Morrell Meeting Room

Contact: Pamela Bobker 207-725-5242 X214 pbobker@curtislibrary.com

Hidden Figures the Movie – Wednesday December 13, 1:00 PM

Posted by Michael Gorzka on December 9th, 2017

You’ve read the book, now see the movie!

As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history.

Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented them in U.S. history as true American heroes.